Nigeria does not lack politicians; it lacks leaders who can think with the mind of God. Our tragedy has never been the absence of manifestos but the absence of men and women who carry divine intelligence as the operating system of governance. Policies collapse when they are framed in the dust of ambition rather than in the light of revelation. At the heart of the dominion mandate lies a truth that Nigeria must confront: until leaders hear God, they cannot heal people.
According to Pastor E.S. Inah, “The mind of God is what we want to hear. 99.9% of leadership problem we have are ethno- tribal and national level failure or inability to hear from God before aspiring for any position first, before we talk about how to initiate policy capable of addressing primary needs of the people.” His words strike with surgical accuracy. The foundational error of Nigeria’s political class is not lack of education, resources, or talent—it is the chronic deafness to God’s voice. Without divine hearing, governance becomes a theatre of experiments, policies reduced to guesswork, and citizens left to suffer the fallout of leaders who miscalculate destiny.
The dominion mandate is not an archaic religious concept but the most urgent national necessity. Genesis 1:26 declared: “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, the cattle, and over all the earth.” Dominion was never license for domination but instruction for enlightened stewardship. It is not the subjugation of citizens but the coordination of creation. In Nigerian politics, this translates into a radical demand: leaders must embody divine intelligence, ruling as trustees of heaven rather than predators of the earth.
Nick Bostrom, one of the foremost philosophers of superintelligence, once warned: “Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.” His insight, though directed at artificial intelligence, has prophetic resonance for governance. If machines may soon outthink humans, then what is the destiny of nations whose leaders refuse to think with God? Nigeria does not require robots in Aso Rock; it requires prophets in power. Political intelligence detached from divine counsel is like a ship with sophisticated radar but no compass—technically efficient yet directionally doomed.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome explained it with clarity: “Leaders who walk with God think beyond human intelligence; they function with divine wisdom that governs nations in righteousness.” His point dismantles the illusion that political brilliance is enough. Brilliance without divine wisdom becomes arrogance; strategies without spiritual intelligence become sabotage. Nigeria’s future depends not on the multiplication of policies but on the consecration of politicians.
The late Prophet T.B. Joshua cautioned: “The greatest power is not political, but spiritual. A nation that disconnects from God in leadership signs its own destruction.” This warning is not rhetorical flourish—it is lived history. Every cycle of Nigerian governance marked by disconnection from God has birthed instability, bloodshed, and disillusionment. The correlation is undeniable: when politics abandons the altar, the nation becomes prey to crises.
Here, the dominion mandate surfaces as an antidote. It redirects the vision of governance from survival to flourishing, from transactional politics to transformational leadership. Apostle Ayo Babalola once said: “When God rules in the hearts of men, the community prospers beyond imagination. But when men rule without God, the land groans.” Nigeria’s groaning today is less the noise of the poor than the silence of God-starved politicians. Our people are not merely hungry for food; they are hungry for leadership that listens to God.
The Holy Bible is unambiguous: “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding” (Proverbs 2:6). This is not sentimental spirituality; it is strategic intelligence. Nations rise when leaders receive divine wisdom, and they collapse when leaders rely solely on the vanity of human calculation. Proverbs 29:2 seals the principle: _“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Nigeria has mourned for too long because the wicked have ruled with impunity while the righteous are sidelined.
Bishop David Oyedepo, speaking on divine leadership, observed: “No man truly leads except he is led by God. Leadership without divine guidance is mere manipulation.” His words underscore a fundamental crisis: Nigeria’s politics is a gallery of manipulators because few men are led by God. Dominion is not manipulation—it is management under divine instruction. To reclaim Nigeria, we must enthrone men who can be guided by God rather than intoxicated by greed.
E.S. Inah’s observation returns as a haunting refrain. If 99.9% of our leadership crisis is the inability to hear God before aspiring for office, then the path forward is clear. Nigeria must cultivate a new political culture where hearing God precedes holding office. Political ambition must bow to divine audition. The ballot must not only count votes; it must count voices—voices that resonates heaven’s mandate for stewardship.
This is where superintelligence and dominion converge. Max Tegmark, the MIT physicist, once wrote: “The ultimate benefit of machine intelligence will depend on leadership: on steering AI toward beneficial uses.” If leadership determines the trajectory of artificial intelligence, how much more does it determine the trajectory of political destiny? Nigeria’s future will not be defined by resources alone but by the caliber of leaders who can steer with divine intelligence.
Dr. Paul Enenche captures the heart of this truth: “Destiny is aborted when leaders operate in selfish intelligence instead of divine direction. A nation must hear God to survive.” Nigeria’s aborted destinies—youth
unemployment, ethnic strife, infrastructural collapse—are symptoms of leaders deaf to God. To restore destiny, Nigeria must enthrone leaders whose ears are tuned to the frequency of heaven.
Superintelligence politicians are not utopian fantasies; they are the logical necessity of a collapsing nation. They are leaders who embody Proverbs 3:6: “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” They are leaders who pray before they plan, who seek revelation before strategy, who carry policies like prophetic scrolls rather than political contracts.
The dominion mandate thus becomes the framework for national rebirth. Dominion is not about who wins elections but about who aligns with God. It is not about conquering citizens but about cultivating justice, equity, and prosperity. Nigeria’s crisis is not the weakness of her people but the shallowness of her politicians. The nation will not be healed by artificial intelligence, foreign aid, or oil revenue. It will be healed by divine intelligence incarnated in men who know that dominion belongs to God and is entrusted to them for service.
As Yuval Noah Harari noted, “The real problem of humanity is not economic. It is existential, spiritual, and intellectual.” Nigeria’s challenge is not fundamentally poverty but the absence of enlightened stewardship. Ethnic clashes, corruption, and misrule are not inevitable—they are the fruits of leadership without God. Dominion politicians, clothed with superintelligence, can break this cycle by returning governance to its original design: service under divine instruction.
The choice before Nigeria is stark. We can continue to be governed by men who boast in their degrees yet are deaf to God, or we can enthrone leaders who hear heaven’s voice and translate it into policies of justice. The former will keep Nigeria trapped in perpetual mourning; the latter will usher in rejoicing. The dominion mandate is not an option—it is the only path to national resurrection.
In the end, Nigeria does not need more politicians. It needs prophets in politics, statesmen who legislate with revelation and govern with divine counsel. Until we raise such men, the nation will groan under misrule. But once we enthrone them, Nigeria will rise, not just as the giant of Africa but as a testimony of what happens when a nation embraces the dominion mandate and entrusts power to superintelligence politicians.
– Inah Boniface Ocholi writes from Ayah – Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Kogi state.
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